‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr

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For other persons of the same name, see ‘Abd ar-Rahman (name).

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr was the eldest son of Abu Bakr, the first Sunni caliph.

Shi'a Muslims say that he opposed the rise to power of the Umayyad caliphs.

"When Marwan entered into discussions with the tribe of Salim, Abdul Rahman ibn Abu Bakr stated 'In the same way that one king nominates another king to succeed him; one Umayyad is seeking to appoint another Umayyad to succeed him'. Marwan then told Abdul Rahman to be silent." "When Abdul Rahman refused to give bayya to Yazeed, Mu'awiya sent Abdul Rahman one thousand dirhams. Abdul Rahman replied 'Do you expect me to sell my religion for dinars?" (ref)

Abd ar-Rahman fell in love with the daughter of Abu Sufyan, archenemy of Muhammad, and married her. He joined his father-in-law in raiding Muslim caravans until his own father converted him and his wife to Islam. After their conversion they became staunch defenders of Islam against Abu Sufyan who was finally defeated by Caliph Ali.

The Shi'a believe that Muawiya poisoned Abd ar-Rahman for his temerity in speaking against the Umayyads.

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Sahaba

List of Sahaba
Abbad ibn Bishr	`Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib	`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas	`Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Asad
Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud	`Abd Allah ibn Rawahah	Abd-Allah ibn Sailam	Abd-Allah ibn Ubaiy
Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum	Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr	Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr	Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi
Abdullah ibn Ja'far	Abdullah ibn Sailam	Abu Ayyub al-Ansari	Abu Bakr
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari	Abu Dujana	Abu Fuhayra	Abu Hudhaifah ibn al-Mughirah
Abu Hurairah	Abu Sufyan ibn Harb	Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith	Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah	Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabiah	Abu al-Dardaa	Abu-Hudhayfah ibn Utbah
Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari	Abu-Sa'id al-Khudri	Akib ibn Usaid	Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami
Al-Baraa ibn Malik al-Ansari	Al-Nahdiah	Ali	Aminah bint Wahab
Ammar ibn Yasir	Amr ibn al-Jamuh	An-Numan ibn Muqarrin	Anas ibn Malik
Ashaab	Bashir ibn Sa'ad	Bilal ibn Ribah	Bilal ibn al-Harith
Fadl ibn Abbas	Fatima bint Asad	Fatima bint Hizam	Fayruz al-Daylami
Habibah bint Ubayd-Allah	Halima Sadia	Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib	Harithah bint al-Muammil
Hatib ibn Abi Baitah	Hisham ibn Al-Aas	Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman	Hujr ibn Adi
Ja`far bin Abī Tālib	Julaybib	Khabbab ibn al-Aratt	Khalid ibn Sa`id
Khunais ibn Hudhaifa	Kumayl ibn Ziyad	Khuzaymat ibn sabet	Layla bint al-Minhal
Lubaba bint al-Harith	Lubaynah	Malik Bin Deenar	Malik al-Dar
Malik ibn Ashter	Malik ibn Nuwayrah	Mus`ab ibn `Umair	Miqdad ibn Aswad
Muadh ibn Jabal	Mughira ibn Shu'ba	Muhammad Ibn Maslamah	Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
Muhammad ibn Maslamah	Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid	Qatadah	Rab'ah ibn Umayah
Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith	Sa`ad ibn ar-Rabi`	Sa`ad ibn Abi Waqqas	Saffiyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib
Said ibn Aamir al-Jumahi	Sa'id ibn Zayd	Salim Mawla Abu Hudhayfah	Salman the Persian
Suhayb ar-Rumi	Ubaydah ibn al-Harith	Umamah bint Zainab	Umar
Umm Kulthum bint Ali	Umm Kulthum bint Jarwila Khuzima	Umm Shareek	Umm Ubays
`Uqbah ibn Amir	Urwah ibn Mas'ud	Usama ibn Zayd	Utbah ibn Ghazwan
Uthman ibn Hunaif	Wahb ibn Abd Manaf	Zayd ibn Arqam	Zayd ibn Harithah
Zayd ibn Thabit	Zaynab bint Ali